γενεή

γενεή

-ῆς, ἡ

[γεν-, γίγνομαι.]

Instrumental γενεῆφι Il. 9.58, Il. 14.112, Il. 21.439.

• • 1

    Race, stock, family = γένος 1, γενέθλη 1: τίη γενεὴν ἐρεείνεις; Il. 6.145, Il. 21.153, πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων (by his father’s, that is, his family name) Il. 10.68, γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος (in birth) Il. 11.786, γενεὴν Διὸς εἶναι (by race sprung from . . .) Il. 21.187. Cf. Il. 6.151, 211 = Il. 20.241, Il. 7.128, Il. 10.239, Il. 15.141, Il. 19.105, Il. 20.203, 214, Il. 21.157, Il. 23.471: γενεῇ πατρώϊον (by right of descent) Od. 1.387. Cf. Od. 15.225.

    Of horses, stock, breed Il. 5.265, 268.

  • 2

    A race or generation = γένος 3: φύλλων Il. 6.146, ἀνδρῶν 149.

    A race or family: οὔ τοι γενεὴν θεοὶ νώνυμνον θῆκαν Od. 1.222. Cf. Od. 16.117.

    A body of descendants, offspring: Δαρδάνου Il. 20.303. Cf. Il. 20.306, Il. 21.191: Od. 4.27.

  • 3

    The body of persons born at about a certain time and conceived of as living for a certain time and conceived of as living for certain period, a generation: δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων Il. 1.250. Cf. Il. 23.790: Od. 14.325 = Od. 19.294.

  • 4

    App., family likeness or type: αὐτῷ γενεὴν ἐῴκει (in . . .) Il. 14.474.

  • 5

    In reference to the date of one’s birth, age, one’s years = γένος 7: ὁπλότερος γενεῇ (in age) Il. 2.707. Cf. Il. 4.60 = Il. 18.365, Il. 6.24, Il. 7.153, Il. 9.161, Il. 15.166, 182: Od. 19.184.

    So with instrumental: γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il. 14.112. Cf. Il. 9.58, Il. 21.439.

  • 6

    One’s birthplace = γένος 8 Il. 20.390: Od. 1.407, Od. 15.175, Od. 20.193.

γενεή , ῆς: birth, lineage, race; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος, ‘rank,’ Il. 11.786; ὁπλότερος, ‘age,’ Il. 2.707; ‘breed’ of horses, Il. 5.265; ‘generation,’ Il. 6.149, pl. Il. 1.250.